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The Law Society of Scotland is seeking General Counsel to join the organisation at a pivotal time.  This is a new and exciting opportunity to join the Society in leading our Legal and Governance Team.

The General Counsel will be responsible for leading and managing the Society’s Legal and Governance team, providing expert advice and support across the organisation. As a trusted adviser to the CEO and other stakeholders, the role will safeguard the organisation’s interests, ensures compliance with legal requirements and help the Society deliver its strategic objectives with integrity and confidence.

Reporting to the CEO this role will provide strategic legal advice to a range of stakeholders as well as deliver guidance on corporate, legal, employment, and governance matters. The General Counsel will ensure organisational compliance with statutory, legal and governance requirements whilst working to evolve our governance structures. The role holder will monitor legal developments, lead on the identification and management of risks and manage disputes and litigation. 

The ideal candidate will be a qualified solicitor or advocate with a current unrestricted practising certificate and will have significant senior legal and leadership experience gained in-house or in private practice.  A proven ability to advise senior leaders and Board in corporate, commercial, regulatory and governance matters with expertise in managing complex risks is essential.  

As a senior position within the Society the candidate will embody our core values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector.

What we offer our employees? 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:  

• A hybrid working environment. 

• Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.  

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays 

• A competitive pension provision scheme 

• Excellent family friendly benefits 

• Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.  

• Private medical insurance including dental and optical. 
• Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our Lifestyle savings offering. 

The Law Society of Scotland is proud to hold a Leaders in Diversity Award in recognition of our commitment to advance fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement both within our organisation and in the Scottish legal sector. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page.  

We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you! 

If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now. 

This vacancy will close at 11:30am on Monday 3rd November 2025.  

Due to the volume of applications, we are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews. 

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Job Description & Employee Specification

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The Law Society of Scotland is seeking a strategic leader to fill the position of Executive Director of Member Experience. This is a prestigious opportunity to lead the Member Services and Engagement Directorate playing a pivotal role in supporting and delivering services to meet the needs of our members.

The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body and regulator for over 13,000 Scottish solicitors.  As a world class professional body, we regulate Scottish solicitors in the public interest and works to deliver legal excellence, serving the needs of our members and the public. The Executive Director of Member Experience will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in delivering the Society’s aims and objectives in relation to our Members experience.

Working closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and wider stakeholders the Executive Director of Member Experience will develop a clear, evidence based, member value proposition to deliver the needs of our evolving membership.  The role holder will oversee the work of the Member Services and Engagement Directorate and drive forward a strategy to support members in a rapidly evolving profession.

The ideal candidate will develop a member value proposition to deliver the needs of our evolving membership and will ensure a clear strategy is developed to deliver on this.  The post holder will execute growth, and retention plans to deliver increased membership numbers and commercial outcomes.  Experience of working in a strategic leadership role in a membership or customer centric service environment is essential.  Exceptional stakeholder management with the ability to influence and motivate is crucial.

As a senior leader the candidate will embody our core values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity all of which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for our members and the legal sector.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Law Society of Scotland on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference QBWVA. Alternatively email Belinda.beck@saxbam.com. Applications should be received by noon on Wednesday 5 November 2025.

The Law Society of Scotland is seeking a strategic leader to fill the position of Executive Director of Operations. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Society’s core operational functions of Finance, HR, IT and Facilities whilst driving forward the delivery and implementation of a comprehensive digital change programme to support the delivery of our services.

The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body and regulator for over 13,000 Scottish solicitors.  As a world class professional body, we regulate Scottish solicitors in the public interest and works to deliver legal excellence, serving the needs of our members and the public. The Executive Director of Operations is a key member of the Society’s Senior Leadership Team providing leadership to the Society’s core functions in our Operations Directorate.

Working closely with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team the Executive Director of Operations will lead a program of digital transformation to support delivery of our strategic ambitions and fulfil our vison to be a world-leading professional body. This role will also ensure the execution of our IT Strategy, People Strategy and the development of disciplined financial plans that drive our priorities, delivering efficiency and value for money for our members.

The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience with a track record in leading digital change programmes and business improvement initiatives.  Strategic experience in leading relevant multi-disciplinary functions is essential.

As a senior leader the candidate will embody our core values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity all of which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for our employees, members and the wider legal sector.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Law Society of Scotland on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference QBWVB. Alternatively email Belinda.beck@saxbam.com. Applications should be received by noon on Wednesday 5 November 2025.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Careers and Outreach team within the Law Society’s Education, Training and Qualifications Directorate. Due to the upcoming maternity leave of the post-holder, we have a fixed term opportunity within the team for a Careers and Outreach Officer.   In this varied role you will be responsible for managing key school outreach initiatives, including an annual high school debate tournament and a Street Law programme as well as running support projects for new and future members and providing advice and information to students and new members. 

The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for over 13,000 Scottish solicitors and with around 170 staff members, our primary focus is to support a thriving profession of high quality and trusted solicitors in Scotland with access to justice for all. At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond.

The work of the Education, Training and Qualifications directorate covers a range of areas which include setting standards for and monitoring provision of the route to qualification; regulation of and support for solicitor traineeships; schools outreach; engagement with students, trainees and newly qualified solicitors; equality and diversity; social mobility, and career development accreditations and qualifications.

Key Responsibilities for this role

In this interesting and rewarding role you will work within a team to deliver new and existing initiatives involving engagement with school pupils, students and trainee solicitors. The role includes:

• Project management of the Law Society’s school outreach work, including an annual high school debate tournament and a Street Law programme in secondary schools.
• Liaise with sponsors, partners, volunteers, and stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of key projects.
• Prepare and deliver content tailored to new lawyers, including running events, website information and blogs. 
• Create, manage, and deliver the provision of careers education, advice, guidance and development activities for new and future members.
• Lead the delivery of the Law Society’s career mentoring programme, including coordinating training events, recruiting new mentors and mentees and providing guidance to those involved.
• Respond to careers enquiries, including one-to-one advice to new and future members and answer queries relating to the route to qualification.
• Develop, promote, co-ordinate and participate/present at school, college, and university careers events and law fairs.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

To be successful you will demonstrate our values of Respect; Openness; Progress; Integrity; and Inclusion.  Although specific projects are highlighted in the key responsibilities, it is not necessary to have experience of those exact projects.  We are looking for somebody who brings transferable knowledge, skills and experience in the following areas:

• Enthusiasm, self-motivation and self-starting skills.
• Experience of engagement with different stakeholders and audiences.
• A high level of written and oral communication with skills to create and deliver effective presentations.
• The ability to manage projects paying attention to detail within a multi-tasking role while managing time effectively.
• Excellent customer service, a desire to help others and to treat people with consideration.
• A proactive attitude and problem-solving approach to work, taking personal accountability for results.
• A commitment to teamwork and a willingness to learn.

What do we offer our employees?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleagues’ professional and personal needs. Some of these include:

• A hybrid working environment.
• Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• A competitive pension provision scheme
• Excellent family friendly benefits
• Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
• Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands.

The Law Society of Scotland is proud to work with values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Integrity and Inclusion. We pride ourselves on investing in our equality, diversity and inclusion work internally for our colleagues and externally for the profession. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page.  

We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you! 

You can find out more information about the Law Society and this role on our website. If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.

This vacancy will close at 12 noon on 21^st October 2025

We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.

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Job Description & Employee Specification

Guidance Notes

It is an exciting time to join the Law Society of Scotland. Due to maternity leave, we have an opportunity within the Professional Practice Team for a Senior Solicitor – Temporary for up to 9 months.

The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for over 13,000 Scottish solicitors and with over 150 staff members, our primary focus is to support a thriving profession of high quality and trusted solicitors in Scotland with access to justice for all. The Our Professional Practice Team provide high quality advice and guidance to members on professional conduct, ethics and the Society’s Practice Rules and Guidance.  This is achieved by delivering a balanced package of advice, information and reactive call handling and ensuring high standards of support for members.

At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond.

Key Responsibilities for this role

To succeed in the role, you must be comfortable and confident in dealing with senior members of the profession and understand both the role the Society plays within the legal profession and the requisite standards required. You must be action-orientated, outcome focused and highly personable.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

We are seeking a passionate individual who must be innovative, self–motivating, organised and have a strong grasp of commercial drivers.  They should have excellent verbal and written communication skills as they will be acting as brand ambassadors for the Society. Training and support is available for the successful candidate. The candidate will also have a current knowledge of the Society’s Practice Rules and Guidance.

You will be given autonomy and responsibility to make decisions. We expect you to take ownership of several key areas and to continually refine and improve our offering. You will be a great and passionate communicator with ability to take responsibility and make business critical decisions.

What we offer our employees?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:

·       A hybrid working environment.

·       Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.

·       30 days holiday plus bank holidays

·       A competitive pension provision scheme

·       Excellent family friendly benefits

·       Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification. 

·       Private medical insurance including dental and optical

·   Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our lifestyle savings offerings.

 

The Law Society of Scotland is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We hold a Leaders in Diversity Award in recognition of our commitment to advance fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement within our organisation and the Scottish legal sector. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page. 

We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you!

You can find out more information about the law society and this role on our website. If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.

This vacancy will close at 11:30am on 21 October 2025.

We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.

Apply Now

Job Description and Employee Specification

Guidance Notes